Wiliam Blake: A tigris

Tigris! Tigris! �jszak�nk
erdej�ben s�rga l�ng,
mely �r�k k�z szabta r�d
rettent� szimmetri�d?

Milyen katlan, mily egek
m�ly�n gy�lt ki a szemed?
Sz�rnyra mily harc h�se kelt,
aki e t�zh�z ny�lni mert?

Milyen v�ll �s mily m�v�sz
fonta sz�ved izmait? �s
mikor els�t vert szived,
milyen kar s l�b b�rt veled?

Milyen p�r�ly? Mily vasak?
Mily koh�ban forrt agyad?
Mily �ll�re mily marok
t�rte gyilkos terrorod?

S amikor befejezett,
mosolygott r�d a mestered?
Te volt�l, amire v�rt?
Aki a B�r�nyt, az csin�lt?

Tigris! Tigris! �jszak�nk
erdej�ben s�rga l�ng,
mely �r�k k�z szabta r�d
rettent� szimmetri�d?

(Szab� L�rinc)
 

Tigris, tigris, cs�vaf�ny
�jszak�knak erdej�n,
Mily k�z adta teneked
Sz�rny� �s sz�p termeted?

Mily m�lyben, �g-t�jakon
Izzott a szemed vakon?
Volt t�z�t felkapni v�sz?
Volt-e megragadni k�z?

Szived izmait mi csel
�s mi v�ll csavarta fel?
�s mikor vert, volt er�,
K�z-l�b, dacra vakmer�?

Volt p�r�ly? �s l�nc-e, t�bb?
Mily koh�n forrt a vel�d?
Volt �ll�? volt vad kapocs,
Gyilkos pr�s�vel dacos?

Hogy a csillagf�ny kigyult
S az �g nedves k�nnye hullt,
R�d mosolygott Alkot�d?
Ki b�r�nyt is alkotott?

Tigris, tigris, cs�vaf�ny
�jszak�knak erdej�n,
Mily k�z adta teneked
Sz�rny� �s sz�p termeted?

(Kosztol�nyi Dezs�)

 

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?